The River to River Festival has announced that it will welcome and promote Digital Downtown, the new technology showcase scheduled for June 12-14, 2008. The event, organized in association with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA(r)), the producer of the International CES(r), will be held at the World Financial Center in the New York City Financial District.
In its seventh year, The River to River Festival is an annual summer-long event that presents music, film, and other entertainment events in lower Manhattan throughout the summer. Under the terms of the deal, the festival will include Digital Downtown among its listings of summer events, both on its Web site and in e-mail blasts to nearby businesses. Digital Downtown is being organized in association with CEA, the producer of the International CES, along with Martin Porter & Associates, Brookfield Properties, owner of the World Financial Center, and Consumer Technology Publishing Group/NAPCO, publisher of Dealerscope, Custom Retailer and E-Gear Magazines.
